{"id":2751,"date":"2025-01-28T01:58:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T01:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/eu-ministers-agree-to-revive-rafah-border-mission\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T01:58:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T01:58:36","slug":"eu-ministers-agree-to-revive-rafah-border-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/eu-ministers-agree-to-revive-rafah-border-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"EU ministers agree to revive Rafah border mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1259890\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/palestine_egypt_rafa_border_reuters-320x200.jpg?v=1738006951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/palestine_egypt_rafa_border_reuters.jpg?v=1738006951\" alt=\"EU ministers agree to revive Rafah border mission\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/palestine_egypt_rafa_border_reuters-960x600.jpg?v=1738006951\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>A view of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, as trucks carrying aid wait to cross, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, January 19, 2025. [Reuters\/Mohamed Abd El Ghany]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The European Union will restart a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Kallas said there was broad agreement that the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) could play \u201ca decisive role in supporting the ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, EU Foreign Ministers agreed to redeploy it to the Rafah Crossing Point between Gaza and Egypt. This will allow a number of injured individuals to leave Gaza and receive medical care,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>A civilian EU mission to help monitor the Rafah crossing was agreed to in 2005 but suspended in June 2007 as a result of Hamas\u2019 takeover of the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>In its standby mode, the mission has 10 international and eight local staff.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s foreign and defence ministries said on Monday that Rome will send seven Carabinieri officers to join the Rafah mission in addition to two Italians already there.<\/p>\n<p>The mission\u2019s primary objective \u201cis to coordinate and facilitate the daily transit of up to 300 injured and ill individuals, ensuring assistance and protection for vulnerable people in a humanitarian emergency context,\u201d the Italian ministries said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cItaly will also be responsible for transporting the entire contingent of the European Gendarmerie Force to the theater of operations,\u201d they said, adding that Spanish Guardia Civil officers and French gendarmes will join the international force. 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